EEB 3894 Overview

We will meet all the distinguished scientists on this semester's list of speakers.
Student will be responsible for participating in each meeting. We will read at least one research article written by a different visiting scholar every week. After a half hour of discussion, we will meet the person behind the science and then hear them give an hour-long research seminar. This course is for undergraduate students interested in broadening their understanding of modern ecology and evolutionary biology by engaging in active discussion. Read this guideto writing response papers and preparing for discussion.

March 5, 2009Catherine Potvin (McGIll University)
Forest carbon stocks and land-use: Reconciling the international agenda with the needs of indigenous populations 4:00PM in Dodd Center: Teale Lecture Series

March 19, 2009Mark Hauser (Harvard University)
The Evolution of a Moral Grammar 4:00PM in Dodd Center: Darwin Lecture Series

April 2, 2009Michael Mares (University of Oklahoma)
Sun Tzu and the Art of War: How the Battle of Museums to Survive has a Negative Impact on Nature and the Environment 4:00PM in Dodd Center: Teale Lecture Series

April 9, 2009Casey Dunn (Brown University)
Scalable and portable phylogenetic strategies in the era of high throughput sequencing

* Seminars in the Darwin Lecture Series and Teale Lecture Series are held in the Konover Auditorium of the Dodd Center (near the Homer Babbidge Library).
** The department seminar will be held on Wednesday of this week. We will discuss a paper on Thursday, and students are encouraged to attend the seminar on Wednesday.